Electrostatic potential is work to bring from reference point over charge¶
Electrostatic potential is a physical quantity defined as the amount of work needed per unit electric charge to move it from a reference point, usually infinity, to a specific point in an electric field.
Infinity is usually used as the reference point because this would make the potential approach zero at an infinitely remote point.
Notes:
The electric potential is defined up to a constant.
Links:
- electrostatic_potential¶
Electrostatic potential of a point in an electric field. See
electric_potential.- Symbol:
U_E- Latex:
\(U_\mathbf{E}\)
- Dimension:
voltage
- work¶
workneeded to bring the charge from the reference point.- Symbol:
W- Latex:
\(W\)
- Dimension:
energy
- law¶
U_E = W / q- Latex:
- \[U_\mathbf{E} = \frac{W}{q}\]